First World War: through our Library resources TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | Europe | First World War | Great War | history | International Relations | Magazines | Manuscripts | Newspapers | official documents | Politics | primary source | United States | World War One | WWI This weekend, Sunday 11th November, marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. In this week’s blog post I have pulled together just a small selection …Continue reading →

Spotlight on Archives Unbound TAGS: databases | First World War | gender studies | history | International Relations | Politics | primary source | Spanish Civil War | Spotlight on | World War Two | WWI | WWII This is the second in a (very) occasional series highlighting some of the online resources available at the Library that will be of interest to students and staff in History, …Continue reading →

Wallace on War: WWI Images in the Roslin Glass Slides Collection TAGS: animals in war | political cartoons | WWI In a previous post, I wrote about Professor Robert Wallace, (1853 – 1939), who taught Scientific Agriculture and Rural Economy at the University of Edinburgh and how many of the glass …Continue reading →